Can a face painter be considered an artist, or are they relegated to only be considered entertainers and not be given admission into a community which seems to stretch all the way from tattoo artists to sculptors to the more mainstream oil painter. Having worked as an artist with traditional water colors, acrylics. oils and canvases for many more years before I started face painting I could argue that there are few mediums as a challenging as a human face, specially when its a wiggly impatient five year old.
One big reason why face painting is often not considered serious business is because face painters find it hard to make a living given our window of business opportunities is so narrow. Most kids parties are on weekends, if there was a rule that every kids birthday had to be celebrated on the day of the week they were born life as a face painter would be so much easier.
